{
  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "ar",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/ar/news/hitachi-energy-completes-14-hvdc-converter-transformers-saudi-egypt-interconnector",
  "slug": "hitachi-energy-completes-14-hvdc-converter-transformers-saudi-egypt-interconnector",
  "category": "transmission-substations",
  "publishDate": "2026-09-25",
  "sourceName": "Hitachi Energy Grid Integration & Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.hitachienergy.com/news/saudi-egypt-hvdc-transformer-manufacturing-completion-september-2026",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 5,
  "tags": [
    "Hitachi Energy",
    "HVDC",
    "500 kV",
    "Saudi Arabia",
    "Egypt",
    "Converter Transformer",
    "Interconnector"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Hitachi Energy Delivers Final Batch of 14 ±500 kV Converter Transformers for 3 GW Saudi-Egypt HVDC Interconnection",
    "summary": "Hitachi Energy has completed the manufacturing and maritime dispatch of all 14 heavy-duty ±500 kV converter transformers from its Guarulhos manufacturing plant for the $1.8 billion Saudi-Egypt 3,000 MW HVDC interconnector.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Transcontinental Power Exchange Across the Gulf of Aqaba",
        "paragraphs": [
          "The transcontinental interconnector links Badr in Egypt to Tabuk and Medina in Saudi Arabia via a 1,350-kilometer hybrid transmission line comprising 1,300 km of overhead lines and a 20 km subsea cable crossing the Gulf of Aqaba.",
          "The 14 converter transformers—rated up to 450 MVA single-phase with advanced high-temperature insulation and digital bushing telemetry—will step up power at the Tabuk and Badr converter stations, allowing bi-directional 3 GW electricity sharing between the Arab world’s two largest grids."
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Capitalizing on Non-Coincident Peak Demand",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Because peak electricity consumption in Egypt occurs in the late afternoon while Saudi Arabian demand peaks in the evening, the ±500 kV link enables reciprocal peak shaving without investing in redundant thermal generating capacity.",
          "Final on-site assembly and oil-filling procedures are underway in Tabuk, keeping the project on target for commercial commissioning in mid-2027."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": []
}